When it is 09:00 in Madrid it is 09:00 in Rome in January and 09:00 in July. Rome is the same time Madrid right now — and the difference is the same all year. This page gives the live times in both cities, the overlap between their working days, the daylight saving dates that move the difference, and the best meeting windows.
Try the tool: Time Zone Converter — convert any time between Madrid and Rome, with the offset for the date you pick.
Live times in Madrid and Rome
The two cities side by side. The January column uses the winter offsets (Madrid UTC+01:00, Rome UTC+01:00); the July column uses the summer offsets (Madrid UTC+02:00, Rome UTC+02:00).
| Time in Madrid | Rome in January | Rome in July |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 |
| 06:00 | 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
The world clock shows the current time in both cities live, and the individual city pages — time in Madrid and time in Rome — explain each city's time zone, offsets and daylight saving in full.
The time difference between Madrid and Rome
The difference is constant: Rome is the same time Madrid on every day of the year. That is the simplest case in time-zone work — the answer does not depend on the date, and a meeting set for 09:00 in Madrid is always 09:00 in Rome. The reason the difference never changes is that both cities observe daylight saving and change their clocks on the same dates.
To convert a time, add the difference: 09:00 in Madrid is 09:00 in Rome in January and 09:00 in July; 17:00 in Madrid — the end of the working day — is 17:00 in Rome in January and 17:00 in July. To go the other way, subtract it: 09:00 in Rome is 09:00 in Madrid in January. The time difference calculator does the arithmetic for any date, and the UTC to Rome page gives the full conversion table for Rome.
Meeting overlap between Madrid and Rome
The overlap is the hours when both cities are in their working day (09:00–17:00 local time). The table marks the overlapping hours in Madrid's working day and shows what time they are in Rome.
January
| Madrid time | Rome time | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00 | Yes |
| 10:00 | 10:00 | Yes |
| 11:00 | 11:00 | Yes |
| 12:00 | 12:00 | Yes |
| 13:00 | 13:00 | Yes |
| 14:00 | 14:00 | Yes |
| 15:00 | 15:00 | Yes |
| 16:00 | 16:00 | Yes |
In January the overlap is 8 hours: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 Madrid time. In July it is 8 hours: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 Madrid time. The meeting planner finds the overlap for any two cities and any date, and the meeting time finder finds it for a whole team.
Daylight saving in Madrid and Rome
Madrid observes daylight saving: in 2026 the clocks go forward on 29 March 2026 and back on 25 October 2026, moving the offset from UTC+01:00 to UTC+02:00.
Rome observes daylight saving: in 2026 the clocks go forward on 29 March 2026 and back on 25 October 2026, moving the offset from UTC+01:00 to UTC+02:00.
The difference never changes, so there is no date on which a standing meeting moves. That does not mean the difference is the same as the difference with a third city — the difference between Madrid and London, for example, may still move when London changes its clocks. The individual DST pages — Madrid DST 2026 and Rome DST 2026 — give the exact dates for each city.
Best meeting windows
The best windows in January are 09:00–17:00 in Madrid (09:00–17:00 in Rome). These are the hours inside both working days, so nobody is up early or late. It is a short window, so keep the meeting short and send an agenda in advance.
Calling and travel notes
When it is 09:00 in Madrid it is 09:00 in Rome in January; when it is 12:00 in Madrid it is 12:00 in Rome; when it is 17:00 in Madrid it is 17:00 in Rome. The difference is under 12 hours, so the two cities are usually on the same date — but check the date for late-evening and early-morning times, when the date can differ by a day. Scheduling inside Europe is the simplest case: most European countries change their clocks on the same dates (the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October), so the difference between Madrid and Rome is constant all year. The working days overlap for most of the day, and the only exceptions are the countries that have abolished the change — Iceland, Russia, Belarus and Türkiye.
Worked conversions
Six conversions, for January (offsets Madrid UTC+01:00, Rome UTC+01:00):
| Madrid | Rome |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 20:00 |
In July, the answers are the same. For the reverse direction, see Rome to Madrid time.
Madrid and Rome at a glance
| Fact | Madrid | Rome |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Spain | Italy |
| Region | Europe | Europe |
| IANA time zone | Europe/Madrid |
Europe/Rome |
| Standard offset | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Daylight saving offset | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| Offset in January 2026 | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Offset in July 2026 | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| Observes daylight saving | Yes | Yes |
The table is the whole pair in one place. The two numbers that matter most are the January and July offsets: if they are the same in both columns for a city, that city's offset never changes; if they differ, the city observes daylight saving and the difference between the cities moves with it. The individual city pages — time in Madrid and time in Rome — explain each city's time zone, and the DST pages — Madrid DST 2026 and Rome DST 2026 — give the exact change dates.
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Madrid and Rome?
Rome is the same time Madrid right now. In January the difference is the same time and in July it is the same time — it is the same all year.
How do I schedule a recurring meeting between Madrid and Rome?
Pick a time inside the overlap — 09:00–17:00 Madrid time — and set the calendar event in UTC so it moves correctly when the clocks change. Re-check the overlap in March and October, when the difference moves, and rotate the time if the meeting falls outside someone's working day.
What time is it in Rome when it is 09:00 in Madrid?
It is 09:00 in January and 09:00 in July. The time zone converter gives the answer for any date.
What is the best time for a meeting between Madrid and Rome?
The best windows in January are 09:00–17:00 Madrid time — inside both working days.
Does the time difference between Madrid and Rome change during the year?
No. The difference is the same time all year, because both cities change their clocks on the same dates.
What time is it in Madrid when it is 09:00 in Rome?
It is 09:00 in January and 09:00 in July. See Rome to Madrid time for the full comparison from Rome's side.
What are the time zones of Madrid and Rome?
Madrid is in Europe/Madrid (UTC+01:00 standard time) and Rome is in Europe/Rome (UTC+01:00 standard time).
What time is it in Madrid when it is midnight in Rome?
It is 00:00 in Madrid in January and 00:00 in July — the same time, because the two cities are on the same time. Midnight conversions are the ones that most often land on the wrong date, so always check the date as well as the time.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - TimeFlow's time zone converter and meeting planner — the live tools behind the numbers on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.